JESSICA TILLES is an award-winning publisher, best-selling author, ghostwriter, screenwriter, and entrepreneur.
In 2000, Jessica founded TWA Solutions and Services (formerly The Writer’s Assistant), a full-service, creative design firm offering graphic design, book design, web design, editing, book/self-publishing, advertising, marketing, packaging/branding, and ghostwriting services.
In 2006, Jessica opened her publishing company, Xpress Yourself Publishing, to talented authors, growing her roster to over 80 and publishing more than 200 titles. In 2008, she received the prestigious title of Independent Publisher of the Year from the African American Literary Awards Show. In 2015, she focused on her literary career and reduced her roster.
In addition to her many accomplishments, Jessica is a staff writer for Black Men In America.com. She contributed the article “Third Shift Blues” to Black Romance Magazine, received the Memphis Black Writers’ Guild’s Rising Star award, earned the Jackson, Mississippi Reader’s Clubs’ Outstanding Contributor to Literature award, is listed in Heather Covington’s Top 100 Literary Divas, and is a proud member of the Zeta Amicae of Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Jessica resides in Maryland with her five fur babies: Piccachu, Chelsea, Chanel, Cinnamon, and Rex.